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NlTED STATES PATENT QFFIUr- FREDERICK BEINHAUER, OF NElV YORK, N. Y.

REFRIGERATOR-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 421,156, dated February11, 1890. Application filed February 14, 1889. Serial No. 299,849- (Nomodel.)

To aZZ'wh-om it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERIoK BEINHAUER, of New York city, county andState of New York, have invented a new and useful Improveinent inRefrigeratorBoxes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to an improvement in refrigerator-boxes, and hasfor its object to to simplify the construction of such, and to provide ameans whereby the ice employed may be utilized to the best advantage.

A further object of the invention is to so construct therefrigerator-box that it may be I5 readily taken apart fortransportation or to facilitate cleaning.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveralparts, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth,

and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a refrigerator-box having one door openin the front, illustrating the elevation of the bottom above the lowerjamb of the door, and showing the lid of the box as thrown upward toexpose the ice- 3o chamber. Fig. 2 is a perspective view illustratingthe several sections as disconnected.

Fig. 3 is a central vertical section through the box, taken at the pointof intersection of the front and back sections. Fig. 4 is a plan view ofthe front section. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the box with the coversremoved; and Fig. 6 is a horizontal section through the body of the box,illustrating the tongueand-groove connection of the body-sections.

In carrying out the invention, the box is usually constructed in threeprincipal sections-namely, a bottom section 10, a front section 11, anda back section 12. The front and back sections constitute the majorportion of the body, and the said sections comprise, respectively, aportion of the sides 13 of the box and a complete back and front for thesame. The longitudinal edge of one side section is provided with agroove let, and the 5 opposed side section with a tongue 15, capable ofentering the said groove, as best illustrated in Fig. 6. The bottomsection 10 comprises a base 16 of greater length and width than theunited body-sections, and an elevation 17 upon the upper surface of thebase, preferably of such contour and area that the sides andends will becapable of neat contact with the inner face of the side and end walls ofthe body. A channel 18 is formed in the base at both sides and endsbetween the extension 17 and the outer edges, in which channel the baseof the body-section is neatly fitted, as illustrated in Fig. 3. Thelining 19 of the body is cut away at or near the base, to abut with thelined upper face of the base extension, as shown in Fig. 3, which latterconstitutes the floor of the box. After the body-sections have beenengaged with the bottom section, bolts 20 are passed, preferably,horizontally through the sides of the body to firmly bind the saidsections together.

The front of the box is preferably provided with two doors 21 and 22,one at each side of the center, the bottom jambs of which doors arebelow the upper face of the floor of the refrigerator, as bestillustrated in Fig. 1, whereby the said floor may be readily cleaned,and the water used in cleaning the same be entirely swept from theinterior of the box. The box is of a single story only, the top beingcovered by lids hereinafter described.

In constructing the box the lower portion of the same between the doors21 and 22 is usually divided into two compartments by a verticalpartition 23, which partition extends from the base to a point at ornear the center or slightly above the-center line, as shown in Fig. Thepartition 23 is detachable,being held to slide in a groove produced uponthe opposed faces of the front and rear of the box. The slideway for thepartition 23 is usually formed by attaching to the inner faces of thefront and rear of the box two spaced vertical battens 26.

In the upper edge of the box, at the inner side, a rabbet 27 is formed,and in the said rabbet, at the front and back of the box,vertical'rccesses 27 are formed, one recess being located at each sideof the center.

The ice-chamber consists of a basket, preferably rectangular in generalcontour and of less length and width than the inner port-ion of the box.The basket 28 is provided with four arms 29, two of which arms areadapted to enter and are supported in the upper recesses 27, as bestshown in Figs. 3 and 5. Beneath the basket a tray 30 is suspended, thebottom of which is given a slant from the rear to the front and from theends to a given point at the front, as shown in Fig. The tray 30 islocated immediately beneath the basket, and is of greater length andwidth than the latter, whereby the bottom of the said basket may beinserted a slight distance in the said tray. The size of the tray 30 issuch that it will contain all the water delivered from the basket 28 bythe melting of the ice therein. The tray 30 is provided with an attachedrod 31 at each end, projecting beyond the sides, the ends of which rodsare inserted in and supported by brackets 32, secured at suitable pointsto the inner face of both the back and front of the box.

By locating the basket in the center and at the top of the box anair-space is provided upon all sides of the basket, so that the cold airmay readily find its way to every portion of the box, whereby a decidedeconomy in the use of ice is insured.

The shelves 33 of the box are preferably supported upon pins 34:,attached to the inner faces of the box at suitable intervals; but, ifdesired, battens may be substituted for the pins, or other equivalentdevices may be employed.

The top of the-box is covered, first, by one or two transparent lids ordoors 35, hinged in the rabbet 27, the hinges employed being preferablyWhat is known as a sliding butthinge, whereby, when the refrigerator-boxis to be knocked down for transportation or cleaning, the transparentdoors may be readily disconnected. The outer solid lid or door 36 ishinged at the top of the box, the same character of hinge being employedas is described in connection with the transparent doors, the said outerdoororlid being of such length and width as to close down tightly uponthe upper edge of the box and completely cover the same.

The Water in the tray 30 may be drawn off, when desired, through afaucet 37, located upon the front of the box, and connected in anysuitable manner with the tray.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. Arefrigerator-box consisting of abottom and a frontsection and a back section detachably secured together, one of thesections being composed of the front and part of the sides and the otherthe back and the remainder of the sides, substantially as described. 7

2. A refrigerator-box consisting of a bottom and a frontsection and aback section detachably secured together and provided with adetachably-hinged cover, one of the sections being composed of the frontand part of the sides and the other the back and remainder of the sides,substantially as described.

3. A refrigerator consisting of the grooved bottom section 10, having araised central portion 17.the front section 11, and back section 12, thefront and back sections being formed in one with a portion of the sides13, the edges of which are tongued and grooved, the whole being securedtogether by bolts 20, substantially as herein shown and described.

4:. In a refrigerator, the combination, with the body having recesses inand brackets on front and rear walls, of the basket provided with armsprojecting therefrom and resting in the said recesses, and a tray belowthe basket and provided with rods projecting therefrom and resting onthe said brackets, substantially as herein shown and described.

FREDERICK BEINHAUER.

Witnesses:

J. F. AOKER, J r., 0. SEDewroK.

